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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.Mary Kay Ash

I would like to fly. Sometimes, I fly around my house – from the floor to the bed and from the ottoman to the sofa and from the chair to the door.

But I’m not allowed to fly outside. If I could, I’d fly up into the trees to catch birds and squirrels.

They are up there laughing at me, so flying would come in handy to put a stop to that.

Mom writes picture books. But sometimes, she goes outside her comfort zone to write other things. Once she wrote a non-fiction story, but she hated it – ALMOST as much as she hated doing the research for it. She said, “This is too much like work.” and “I dread writing time.” and “You cannot climb a tree – you’re a dog, not a bear.”

Last weekend, Mom wrote a song. Her friend needed a little pre-k song for graduation, so Mom made it up and sang it out loud to herself over and over and over and over and over. She said, “That was easier than I thought.” and “I didn’t know I could write a song.” and “You cannot climb a tree – you’re a dog, not a bear.”

Sometimes we need to go out of our comfort zones and TRY to see what we really can do. Mom is no Paul McCartney, but she wrote a song. I may not be a bear, but if Mom would unclip my leash for 5 seconds, I think I can climb a tree. After all, bumblebees fly….

Whee reckon you can be whatever you want to be, Cupcake. Then again being a dog must be pretty cool so don’t go making your decision too quickly. Sometimes it’s nice to pretend to be something your not, Billy likes to pretend to be a shoe for example and sit on the shoe rack!
The Pigs xx

Do pigs fly Cupcake? After this post, I am just wondering…. Say hi to mom and tell her that it is cool to go outside of your comfort zone! I do it all the time…Not always a good thing, but most of the time it is. : )

Oh Cupcake…..I think you WOULD be able to climb a tree – you certainly have the willpower! As for your Mom writing a song – that’s really wonderful! Aren’t you proud of her for trying something new? I’m sure if she let you climb a tree (which would be something new) she’d be proud of you too (at least until she had to get a ladder to go up and rescue you!!!!).

I think you could climb a tree, but I think you should have a friendly fireman with a ladder on standby to help you back down again – just in case!
Can you sing along with your mom when she sings the song?

Cupcake your mum is very much an intrepid explorer going out of her comfort zone..much like your desire to climb…we really are only limited by our ego I think…the fear of failing not flying :) hugs Fozziemum…pee ess I think you can climb..i am pretty sure Doc could too…it’s a terrier thing ;) xx

Ooops, sorry, wasn’t working before! I had to say that I am supposed to know how to fly but haven’t learned so maybe we could sneak away for a flight together! Your mom is amazing writing a song on top of all her books!

Mom noticed that something was wrong when she tried to look at your post called Pansy. Nothing was there. Try going to wordpress (dot) org and click Support and then Forums and type Suspended in the search. There might be answers there. Good luck.

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Beautiful photographs Cupcake! If you were able to get up in a tree…what would you do then? Your Mommy would have to call the Fire Department to get you down! Congrats on writing a song, now that is talent!

Cupcake, I’m not sure I’d want to fly, and I don’t know about climbing either, BUT I’m pretty good at jumping… how about you? Maybe we could perfect our jumping and get so high we can snap those squirrels right off their branches… Cooper the Cattledog. (Tell your mom it’s pretty cool she can write music.)

Now that’s what I like. A positive attitude. Nelson Mandela said something to the effect that you don’t know what you can do til it’s done. I say, sometimes it gives you a belly ache, but it’ll get done. :-)

I do believe you could climb a tree Cupcake. After-all Sampson once started up a ladder, so why can’t you climb a tree? Have you seen the videos of that dog that does climb trees, walls etc? It’s pretty cool. Hang in there and don’t let Mom convince you you can’t do something. ;-)

Great thoughts Cupcake. And you are right. If your mom can write a song, who is to say you can’t climb a tree or fly until you try. I say go try, you will go cray wanting to do these things until you know for sure.

I think not even Superman will keep up with you Cupcake. :lol: Simba used to ‘fly’ like that as well but as we get older, our legs can’t do that anymore. He is 15 years old now and still thinks he is a little horsie and forget about the muscles that hurts afterwards, so I must keep reminding him. LOL!

Your mom sounds so clever to write picture books and I agree – the minute something feels like ‘work’ it’s not much fun anymore. hehehe. I like the picture stories she writes about you and she takes the most beautiful photo’s as well. :D

I agree, sometimes we do need to go out of our comfort zones. I am sure Paul McCartney would love your mom’s song as well. One day Simba and I will come and climb trees with you. :D